"Archduke Franz, with all due respect, the princes will not care about this land without paying, and even if they care, they do not have enough sea power."

Franz wanted them to guard against not an enemy at sea, but a possible war on land.

"Don't worry, didn't we still give them 20% of the benefits?"

"It's two?." Metternich was a little curious about how Archduke Franz, who had always been a very generous or a loser, thought that two percent of the interests could buy the entire German Confederation this time.

However, even if there was a war one day, it would be after his death, and at the current pace of development of the Austrian Empire, if it continued for a few more decades, perhaps those small states would naturally be annexed and would not need their help to defend themselves.

"Don't worry, I promise there will be a reason why they can't refuse."

Franz also realized his problem, after all, Metternich did not know that the world's largest gold mine was buried under the Transvaal, and he had to continue to use the old tricks.

This does sound much more pleasant, and 10 million florins a year is not too much of a financial pressure on Austria.

It's just that what makes Metternich unhappy is that the land that the Austrian Empire paid for can't use it himself.

It should be the same as the treatment of blacks, directly expelling all black tribes in sight, and at most only allowing "black workers" to enter.

In fact, most of the Austrian colonies in Africa were faced with a shortage of labor, and the white people were not suitable for working in places where the sun was too strong due to racial problems, they were extremely prone to sunburn, and the tropical climate was also unacceptable to them.

Most of the early construction of the colonies was simple manual labor, but why did West Africa do this, and Franz violently expelled them in East Africa?

First, East Africa already has the simplest basic towns, and they are not starting from scratch.

Second, there is a considerable number of people of Dutch descent.

Third, West Africa came into contact with colonists earlier, and the country has a high level of development, and already has a basic kingdom, which is easy to communicate.

The tribal states in East Africa are relatively primitive, and although the local Bantu people are the main people, there are more than 300 languages in the subdivision, and there is almost no lingua franca, or there is a Belt and Road Party that can be proficient in all language families.

Although there are many countries in West Africa, each region has a lingua franca, and there are a large number of Belt and Road parties, and there are not many people who can speak Spanish and Dutch.

These two languages were not a problem for the Austrians, especially the aristocracy learned both languages.

Fourth, there were many great powers in West Africa, and because they were close to Europe, Franz did not dare to go too far.

East Africa is relatively much better, especially with the existence of the Omani Empire, Franz can naturally be a little presumptuous.

To get back to the point, Metternich and Franz each took a step back to decide the fate of the Boers.

It was fortunate that they avoided the fate of expulsion from the British, but not so lucky, because their country was not recognized, but they were not so unlucky, because they would no longer be lonely, and they would become Germans.

-- The historical evaluation of this negotiation by later Transvaal historians.

Andreas Pretorius was honored to return home, because the British would send warships to escort him back as a sign of good faith.

The Transvaal was accompanied by a Confederate fleet and a number of Confederate supporters.

The so-called fleet of the German Confederation was actually 90% Austrian warships, and the rest was used by other states as façade covers.

As for the so-called helpers, there are not only missionaries, teachers, carpenters, blacksmiths, but even doctors and soldiers.

But all of them have one thing in common, they are all nationalists. In fact, this was proposed by Prince Metternich, and Franz said that cultural transformation should be done.

Metternich immediately thought of the nationalists at home, and for so many years Austria and Prussia had been acting as international policemen in the German Confederation to deal with them.

The Austrian German nationalists demanded the expulsion of all foreign nationalities, including the Magyars and Italians.

The Prussian nationalists wanted to expel not only the Poles, but even the Hohenzollerns, an alien royal family, and the East Prussians.

In addition, Franz has been supporting the Archbishop of Cologne, who has also lived up to expectations and engaged in theocratic integration.

The Swiss region that Prussia had just swallowed was not yet influential, and it was inhabited by the French-speaking people, and there was no chaos in the case of the Prince of Shotgun himself.

All in all, both Prussia and Austria have captured a large number of radical nationalists, and other small states are no exception.

These people are very difficult to deal with, and they can neither be killed nor released. As a result, prisons in various countries were overcrowded, and in Prussian prisons an early industrial chain was formed.

At this time, Prince Metternich proposed this to solve the urgent needs of the princes, and Franz also very much agreed with this approach.

The Transvaal is arguably their best place to go, and this group of people don't have to worry if they go, they are being reversed assimilated.

In fact, the most important thing is that most of these people are talents, and having attended secondary school in Prussia may not be nothing.

But in most of the remote parts of Austria, people who have attended high school, and those local families compete for these talents, and even want to fight for them.

And many of these imprisoned nationalists have real higher education, many of them university degrees.

Some are soldiers who have experienced a hundred battles, even soldiers who have studied systematically in military schools, and some top craftsmen who have been abroad.

At that time, it was difficult for ordinary people to get access to this kind of thing, and the people who would come into contact with these ideas were some of the more avant-garde people.

Instead of wasting their youth and food in prison, it is better to let them go to Africa to shine.

And Franz had another consideration, that is, to send them far away, so as not to be released to Franz again in 1848 to cause trouble.

It was a multiplicity, as was the case for most of the German princes.

Thus the penal colony of the German nationalists appeared, of course, on the surface the princes of all walks of life would not say this, and the monarchs still wanted to save face.

Therefore, there was the [New German Aid Plan], and the German Confederation changed the name of the colony of Transvaal and Orange to [New Germany].

However, not all the princes were happy, such as the Luxembourg Parliament, which was itself a German nationalist in power.

They had been favored by nationalism before, but this time their Speaker, Kurdre Jr., was ordered home for a gaffe at the German Confederation Conference.